London (AFP) - Westminster Abbey's bells will peal, a flotilla will sail down the River Thames and a gun salute will ring out on Wednesday as Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest-serving monarch in British history.

LONDON — Britain’s Prince Harry has thanked the army for keeping him out of trouble and has called for national service to be brought back.
In an interview published in the Sunday Times, the 30-year-old prince also revealed that he’s content being single and reflected on how the army gave him a chance to “escape the limelight.”
“Definitely, without a doubt, it does keep you out of trouble,” he said. “I dread to think where I’d be without the army.”

The Prince of Wales has hit out at “ill-informed speculation” over his plans for kingship and insists he will know where to draw the line when it comes to expressing his views.
In a highly unusual move, his most senior courtier, Sir William Nye, wrote to The Times, which has serialized a controversial biography of the Prince, to say he knows the “limitations” that will be placed on him “should he” become king by outliving the Queen.

Canadian independent broker-dealer Canaccord Genuity has hired Julian Erleigh, a very close pal of Britain’s Prince Harry, to work as a vice-president in its offices in the United Kingdom.
Viscount Erleigh, 29, whose father is the Marquess of Reading, joined Canaccord as vice-president of U.K. equity sales in February, according to his profile on business networking website LinkedIn.

London (AFP) - A right-wing fanatic who felt marginalised because of his ginger hair plotted the assassination of Prince Charles in the hope that his red-haired son Harry would become king, a British court heard Tuesday.